We were there for
a long time, but as we started going back to the car afterwards,
Charlotte did something very out-of-character. She took off across
the huge, open grass field – and at first I let her go, allowing
her to explore. But before long, she was further away from me than I
liked and I shouted after her to stop. Continuing with her
out-of-character break from reality, she ignored me – and kept
going! If she kept going like that, she’d be able to get to
Westminster Highway before I could get to her, so off after her I
went. She had crossed the waterlogged field in her waterproof purple
boots – I crossed it in useless little black shoes and my feet were
soaked and freezing long before I even got to her. Yes, there was a
little bit of trouble! At least Theo had gone with her. We walked
back to the car along the path, which took us past the playground
again. And there was Theo’s leash – so I would have left it
behind if Charlotte hadn’t staged her little escapade. But I still
didn’t thank her for putting an end to my plans for the rest of the
day and for making me go home to get out of my wet shoes! The
playground is located at N 49.10.329 W 122.58.391 and is point no. 96
on the map at the bottom of home page.
We made a plan for this cold, sunny Saturday afternoon - two playgrounds in a row! One in Castle Park, the next one in Citadel Heights, right next door. We hit Castle Park first - it has such a beautiful view over the Fraser River down below. The playground was a bit big for Charlotte, though she really wanted to have a go on the see-saw. A little boy of about Charlotte's age showed up with his parents and I suggested that she ask him to play with her. She asked so nicely "Do you want to play on the see-saw with me?" - only she asked "Are you?" like she does. The mum was all a-fluster - "Such nice asking!" but the little boy was a bit of a crybaby and didn't exactly rise to the occasion. Charlotte was a little disappointed, so I suggested that maybe the see-saw wasn't his favourite part of the playground. We walked over to Citadel Heights a block further up the hill, stopping to get a puzzle cache along the way, "Pet Shop Series #4". It was a bit of a slog through the grass, and Charlotte wasn't much up for it, but we made it out in the end. Citadel Heights was supposed to have a playground, but there was none to be found! We found a little gravel area that looked like it may once have housed a playground - perhaps there used to be one here that was deemed too dangerous and was removed in favour of the new one at Castle Park. The playground is located at N 49.13.925 W 122.46.821 and is point no. 92 on the map at the bottom of home page.
One cold afternoon, we headed to the playground across from the hospital where Charlotte was born. She likes to hear that this was the place where she was born every time we go by! There was another family there, and they were a little afraid of Theo at first, so I kept him close. But eventually, the little girl got used to him and wanted to give him a pat. The boy was a little harder to win round, but eventually, they were both fighting over who would be the next one to throw the stick for him! I think Charlotte was quite proud that her dog was the centre of attention. The playground itself wasn't really Charlotte-friendly as it was a bit too big for her though. There is a geocache in the park called "Sapperton Park Rebirth" - we found it when Charlotte was just eight months old! The playground is located at N 49.13.648 W122.53.714 and is point no. 91 on the map at the bottom of home page.
This playground was much more Charlotte-sized! It was also in the sun, which made me a little happier - not that it offered much warmth at all. Charlotte had a great time on the twisty slides and we also checked out a wooden swing made by a woodworking class from a nearby high school. There are lots of geocaches in this park, but the closest ones were either disabled or we had already found them. Mundy Madness, my very first geocache ever is in this park. It's still active and has been in place for over ten years now! The park is located at N 49.15.208 W 122.50.103 and is point no. 89 on the map at the bottom of home page.
On Remembrance Day morning, Charlotte and I headed out to find ourselves a nice playground. I thought there was a park up here, but we didn't come across it, unless the playground in the elementary school is what I had been thinking of all along. It was about as cold as it gets in Vancouver and Charlotte was not in the best of moods over it - or maybe that was me. The playground was nice in that it was hidden away in a little grove of trees, but that kept away any warmth that the sun might have brought us. The playground was designed for bigger kids and Charlotte just wasn't into it. "It's too big!" she said - and so we went in search of a more Charlotte-friendly playground. This was a bit of a dud, but at least we got another playground for our blog - time is ticking down! There was a geocache about 100 metres away, but we were too cold to bother going to look for it. The playground is located at N 49.14.684 W 122.49.322 and is point no. 88 on the map at the bottom of home page.
What a beautiful sunny day for an afternoon at the playground! Only it wasn't a whole afternoon at the playground - it was much too cold for that. The playground at Foreshore Park is designed like a boat, in keeping with its location on the river. As Charlotte played, she was continually stopping to watch the tugboats going this way and that up the river. She told me that she loved this playground and it really was just right for her. I was freezing, but I managed to convince her to leave without a meltdown - by promising her a trip to the swimming pool! There are lots of geocaches along the shoreline; the FFT series runs by here, though Charlotte and I have already found the ones near here. The playground is located at N 49.11.510 W 122.59.911 and is point number 87 on the map at the bottom of home page.
How is that we have gone almost all year without visiting this amazing playground so close to work and daycare?!? The days are so short now that we did most of our playing in the dark, but it was still pretty amazing. "I love this playground!" Charlotte announced as she headed yet again for the dodgy steps up to the super-long slide that wasn't too fast or too slow, but was just right. She didn't like the steps at first and would make me hold her hand as she climbed them, then I would run down again to catch her at the bottom. I was proud of her when she got brave enough to do them by herself, though I didn't get as much exercise out of it when that happened! Charlotte doesn't like to be crowded when she's getting ready to go down the slide, so when two older boys were jostling her at the top, I asked them to wait until she had gone down. She was half-way down when they came barrelling down behind her, knocking into her and sending her flying. She was quite upset and cried hard, but she was more surprised than anything. That didn't stop me from angrily telling the boys that I had asked them to wait. At least the parents came rushing up and apologized to us and dealt with their kids.
Charlotte and I went off to explore other parts of the playground while she recovered from her little trauma; it's made from natural materials for the most part and is pretty amazing. There is a giant crowsnest in the middle of the playground with several ways up, none of which Charlotte is ready for yet. When she is, my heart will be in my throat as it's very tall and designed to be challenging for sure. She recovered from her incident on the slide and was soon back at it again. It was all I could do to tear her away to go home for dinner and the geocache that was hidden nearby was completely out of the question! I ended up going back the next day during my lunch break to find "CoRGQ #18 - Trees Galore". A new challenge to take up - the Richmond GeoQuest! The playground is located at N 49.09.917 W 123.07.363 and is point #86 on the map at the bottom of home page.
What a
beautiful day! It was so sunny and warm, but we had lots of things to
do, so we got an early start on the day so that we could get it all
done and still have lots of time to play outside. I had a little
shopping that I wanted to do in Kits, so we parked near Delamont Park
so that we could nab a geocache and a playground at the same time. I
had looked for the cache, "Historic Kitsilano" before, but
had been unable to find it. That was back when it was hanging in a
tree and I was looking in the dark - but by now, the cache has been
moved to a much more cacher-friendly location and was soon in hand.
Charlotte had a great time climbing on the little Jeep structure then
sliding down again all by herself. It was a nice little neighbourhood
park with lots of kids playing and lots of dogs passing through with
their owners. Some of them paused to gnaw at a smashed pumpkin left
over from last night! As we headed down to the shops, we cut along
the old railway track to get there. I believe there is only one line
in the area, so this must be the one that they wanting to put back
into service again. I guess they had always maintained the right to
do so, but the line sure is close to the houses and the playground!
After finishing our shopping and having some lunch, we headed back to
the car, passing through the playground once again. Charlotte had one
more go on the slide before we were off to see Paula and Gabi - to
make up for missing the birthday party last week! The playground is
located at N 49.15.948 W 123.09.143 and is point no. 85 on the map at
the bottom of home page.
It wasn't raining after daycare today, so we went to check out a playground that I had recently noticed while taking Theo for a lunch-time walk. Although it's an elementary school playground, it didn't seem to be too much for Charlotte. Until we got there, that is...
I am officially out of the running for
mum-o'-the-year after today's fiasco. I pumped Charlotte full of
birthday party excitement and we headed off to Gabi's fourth birthday
party. I promised Charlotte kids, games, fun and birthday cake. We were
running a few minutes late – yet I was able to pull up directly in
front of the house and there were hardly any other cars on the
street... That was the moment I realized with a sinking feeling that we were not just a few minutes late but 24 hours and a
few minutes late. Charlotte had fallen asleep by the time we got
there and Gabi and her family were out, so I pulled away, intent on
finding a playground that was so much fun that Charlotte would forget
all about the delights that I had promised her... Carleton Park seemed to fit the bill - it had a playground and a geocache, both of which would make the birthday party fade away in Charlotte's mind. It actually seemed to work at first, though the fact that we couldn't find "ABC" made things a little more difficult. We did a little climbing, but Charlotte soon announced that she didn't like this playground because it was "too big". The photo of her here is not "Look mum, no hands," but "This is too cold to hang on to!" And so she asked when we were going to the birthday party... I sheepishly explained my mistake, and brightly suggested a Pirate Pak at White Spot instead. Luckily for me, she bought it. The playground is located at N 49.14.515 W 123.01.853 and is point no. 83 on the map at the bottom of home page.
Charlotte and I planned a trip to
Lynden, Washington today so that we could attend a geocaching event,
“The Ice Scream Man”. Before we went, I googled “best
playground in Lynden” and the Million Smiles Playground in City
Park immediately popped up. The pictures were amazing and this
playground was clearly going to give John Storvik a run for its
money!
It was very similar in design to John
Storvik, though this one was much more commercialized with a little
row of playshops for the little ones to play in – each one
prominently displaying the name of a local sponsor. I wasn't too
thrilled with the commercialism and the wet weather swayed my
judgment a bit too, but even so, I think this one wins out over John
Storvik because of the amazing three-storey playhouse. We climbed up
to a very dark little playhouse – which lit up as soon as we got
close to the top and made the place very cozy. It was entirely
closed in and made for a great little spot to hang out. There was a
twisty slide from almost the very top that was just a black hole –
Charlotte refused to go down it – and refused to let me go down it
either!
We went out to visit tÃo Gerardo, tÃa
Gaby, MatÃas y Anna this weekend – we had asked them to take us
to one or two of their favourite playgrounds in their area. We
started off at Redwood Park – because it had the most geocaches in
it and Matias was pretty excited to go find one! Charlotte had just
woken up when we arrived at the park and was in need of some lunch,
so we got off to a bit of a slow start, but once she got onto the
merry-go-round, there was no stopping her! The kids all rode while
the adults pushed, but we soon got pretty tired – or more to the
point, we got dizzy! Afterwards, we set off to find “Redwood
Reading Room”, which was a nice big ammo can with lots of things in
it, including some books. Matias was thrilled to have found it! Our
plans to check out a second playground today fell through due to
tired kids and iffy weather, but that just means that we will go back
and play with our friends again one day soon! The playground is
located at N 49.02.148 W 122.43.563 and is point #79 on the map at
the bottom of home page.
The weather this weekend was supposed
to be terrible, so when the sun came out late this morning, Charlotte
and I seized the opportunity to go out to play. We chose this
playground because it's not too far from the Superstore, which we can
save for when it starts to rain again! Everything at the playground
was wet, but the damp weather was keeping other people away and Theo
was able to roam while Charlotte played. She took on the “climbing
mountain” repeatedly – up and down, with her shoes squeaking on
the wet plastic with every step she took! We played on the balance
steps and then we just sat on a dry patch of wood beneath a tree to
watch the crows and squirrels playing on the grass. Charlotte was
thrilled that if we were quiet, they would come closer to us and
before we left, she left a little nut in a place where the squirrels
would find it. The playground is located at N 49.14.539 W
122.52.561 and is point #78 on the map at the bottom of home page.
Our first post-daycare outing in quite
some time! The days are noticeably shorter than they were last time
we went out after daycare and fall is definitely in the air. We
found “Another Marpole Hide” first; I was so proud of my girl who
wanted to open the cache herself, then said “Please have the log
book?” so that she could sign it herself. She is getting to be
quite the little geocacher! We headed over to the playground and
Charlotte met a little boy named Mason, who was just a little bit
younger than her. They played a little bit and did a brilliant job
of taking turns driving the train. I heard from Mason's dad about
the new playground in Terra Nova that opened while we were on
vacation and that everyone has been telling me about. I told him
about John Storvik playground in Anacortes, but I'm not sure he's
willing to make the trek! The playground is point #77 on the map at
the bottom of home page.
We headed over to North Van today to see nana
and grandad, but first we decided to check out a playground on this
lovely fall day. Before we went to the playground, we tried to find
the nearest geocache, Yertle the Myrtle Turtle, but our geo-senses
were not sharp today and we couldn't come up with the goods. There
are a couple of other caches in this large park, but Charlotte was
ready to go to the playground by the time we gave up on Yertle. She
had a good time here and managed a couple of new things. There was a
curved ladder shaped like a roller coaster that she began to tackle
and a “climbing mountain” that she managed to get up all by
herself, using the little ledges for her hands and feet as she pulled
herself up. She wanted me behind her because she climbed pretty
high, but I was just there for reassurance and she didn't need my
help at all. She also did a great job of balancing along a sort of
net made out of chains – repeatedly! Then she got her hands on my camera and she lost all interest in the playground - she seems to be quite the budding photographer these days! We were having so much fun at
the playground that I forgot to take a waypoint, but it's point no.
75 on the map at the bottom of home page.
After a busy day travelling from
Colorado National Monument and exploring Arches National Park, we
were ready to wind down for the day. We had a problem with one of
the tent poles though, so while Pete tried to fix it, I took
Charlotte to the playground of the local elementary school. I was
unimpressed with the amount of garbage lying around, but it was a
decent playground. There was a climbing structure that Charlotte
really liked – it offered her just the right amount of challenge.
She had difficulty with it at first, but was soon climbing it like a
monkey and was ready to show off for dad when he came to collect us.
Latin music filled the air as we played and a delicious smell wafted
on the breeze. We stopped on our way out of town to check it out and
had our most delicious meal of the trip, quesadillas and tortillas
done up on an outdoor grill. The cook didn't speak any English at
all and relied on his bilingual “waitress” to help take orders.
When she was busy, I used my Spanish – he did a double-take! There
are only a handful of geocaches in the entire town and none very
close by, but unknown to us at the time, an event cache had been held
there earlier that day – in honour of Green River Watermelon Days!
The playground is located at N 38.59.587 W 110.09.477. and is point
no. 74 on the map at the bottom of home page.
What an amazing playground in such a random place! We had just crossed into Colorado from Utah when we needed to stop for gas. Across the road from the gas station was a huge, colourful playground in this small, dry, dusty town. It seemed very out-of-place, but because it looked awesome and because it was in a town called Dinosaur, we decided to stop for a closer look. It was very tall - three storeys rather than just two! It was a little much for Charlotte in places and even I was a little bit challenged by one of the climbs!
The grass was obviously watered often and was lush and green which made for a nice change from the arid landscapes we have been used to lately. There was even a dinosaur-themed game to play - but of course there was in this playground in this town where all the streets are named after dinosaurs! There was a cache called "We All Scream for Ice Cream" hidden not too far away, but it was on the other side of the chain link fence and I didn't bother with it. Even though I didn't yet have a cache in Colorado! The playground is located at and is point #73 on the map at the bottom of home page. 
We were on the second day of our vacation, waiting for nearby Podnah's to open for lunch. Pete was excited to have some barbecue, Charlotte was excited to play and I was excited to find the nearby geocache, "Another Name for Depression is Van Buren". No, I don't understand the title either! There were lots of kids at the playground, though most of them were older than Charlotte. One woman had nine kids with her - nine! Charlotte is into swinging on anything she can find these days, so that was her main amusement. She loved the merry-go-round too - a really old school one that it would be possible to fall off! She played with a couple of other kids and the adults all took it in turns doing the spinning. When I was off-duty, I was practicing my juggling - haven't done that for a while and I'm a little out of practice!
We continued on our way shortly after Podnah's opened - Pete loved his lunch and I made the best of it with my trout - all of the trout, except for the eyes. Just the sockets! Charlotte played with my GPS and deleted the waypoint, but it's point #72 on the map at the bottom of home page.
Brr! It may still be August, but today, fall was in the air. Maybe even winter! This large park has several caches in it and I was hoping to cache the park out, but Charlotte only had it in her to get two before she wanted to hit the playground. We cut across the playing field between the two caches, flushing out all the mosquitos that were hanging out in the wet grass. They swarmed us! We managed to shake them when we returned to the dead, brown, end-of-summer grass in the rest of the park. There were a few kids playing on the playground with not a parent in sight - very refreshing! They were a bit too old to want to play with Charlotte, but she had a good time anyway, digging in the sand and swinging off a bar as she's doing in the photo. It was truly cold though, so I convinced her to come back to the car with me sooner rather than later - and we got back just as the skies opened and the rain began to pour. The cache is located at N 49.13.836 W 123.05.158 and is point no. 71 on the map at the bottom of home page.
We finally returned to Ross Park, the
little park we discovered a few weeks ago but were swim diaper-less at the time.
This time around, Charlotte was ready to go – but to our disappointment,
the wading pool was bone dry. Still, there were tons of kids around as there were families having picnics, so it seemed like a fun place to go hang out for a while. We got off to a slow start - all the kids were bigger and then Charlotte had a small meltdown when she wanted to play with the steering wheel but another kid was using it. We had to have a discussion... But eventually, she made some friends and ended up having a good time. There was very little helicoptering going on here - the picnicking families seemed to be all related to each other and everything was very relaxed. The really disappointing thing about this playground is how much garbage there was everywhere. It was really quite disgusting - it was on the grass and it was on the sand around the playground itself. I was thinking that if I ever organize a CITO, this is where it would be! There are no geocaches in the park itself, but the "Entrance to Narnia" is just a few blocks to the north. Sounds like an interesting one to go back for one day! The playground is located at N 49.13.010 W 123.04.932 and is point no. 70 on the map at the bottom of home page.
We had a great time in Princess Park today! First, we took Theo for a walk and we came across a couple of other dogs playing in the creek. Charlotte waded in the creek with them and I guess I knew it was an accident waiting to happen. Sure enough, one of the dogs bowled her over and made her cry. I got her dried off and changed and we headed off to find "Dangerous Daschunds". We stopped to listen carefully to see what we could hear in the woods - and we came up with a woodpecker! We got our cache and then went to the playground to play for a while. We had such a good time that we came back again the next day with dad and found another geocache, "Princess Poisson" and had another play. The playground is located at N 49.20.456 W 123.03.365 and is point no. 69 on the map at the bottom of home page.
We are staying in North Van these days while nana and grandad are away, so this evening we hit one of the playgrounds near their house. This was the elementary school that both my brothers attended, but it's a lot different now than it was back then. The building that used to house the school is now the North Shore Archives and a brand new building has been built beside it for the school. There are two playgrounds and both of them are a little bit big for Charlotte as they are meant for elementary school kids, but she still had a great time climbing and exploring.
There were a few big kids playing and Charlotte tried doing what they were doing. She even managed to keep her owlie clips in her hair and the hair out of her eyes - all in the name of being a big girl! The playground is located at N 49.20.311 W 123.02.228 and is point no. 68 on the map at the bottom of home page. 
Our second playground today! We headed to City Park with our friends, The ClueFinders. Yes, of course they have real names, but we call our geocaching buddies by the handle chosen for them by their daughter - back when she thought geocaching was cool! The ClueFinders live nearby and there is a cache near the playground that Mr. ClueFinders has been having some trouble with called "Table of Peace". We went to see if we could help him cross it off his DNF list, climbing all over the picnic tables in search of a cache hidden in the rafters of the shelter above. This was a little bit awkward given the fact that I have been trying to teach Charlotte some table manners lately! In the end, it was Mrs. ClueFinders who came through, finding a tiny cache hidden in a piece of fake gum. With the cache found, we headed over to the playground for a bit. Mrs. ClueFinders walked home while Mr. ClueFinders proved to be great fun at the playground. We had a good play before finally heading back to ClueFinder HQ for some dinner - and lots of geocaching conversation! The playground is located at N 47.48.343 W 122.22.944 and is point no. 67 on the map at the bottom of home page.
It’s that time of year again – time
to head down to Seattle for the annual Groundspeak block party! I
took Friday off work so that we could take our time getting down
there and we stopped about half-way in Mt. Vernon so that Charlotte
could stretch her legs and have a play. There was a cache in the trees just a few metres away
called “Fish On!”; we looked for it, but couldn’t immediately
find it, so we moved on to the playground. Charlotte was anxious to get
climbing and besides, there was a bit of a dodgy guy hanging out nearby. We eventually spoke to him a little; he just got in from Alaska a week prior and it sounded a lot like he didn't have anywhere else to go.
Charlotte was on her own at the playground at first, but then another family showed up. Charlote ran to say hi to the kids, but they were steadfast in their refusal to have anything whatsoever to do with her. Eventually another family arrived and clearly they had agreed to meet there. The kids played together, but still no one even made eye contact with Charlotte, despite her efforts to talk to them. The parents all looked through her like she didn't exist. The whole situation became more and more bizarre as I noticed that there was no noise whatsoever coming from the playground - the kids all played in absolute silence. It was completely surreal and made me want to say something to the parents who had so instilled the "stranger danger" attitude in their kids that they couldn't even play with a two-year-old at the park. But what could I possibly have said to make any difference? Time to continue on to Seattle - and as we got back into the car, we waved to our new friend from Alaska - the dodgy guy who turned out to be the friendliest guy at the park. The playground is located at N 48.25.232
W 122.20.518 and is point no. 66 on the map at the bottom of home page.
The very top of this playground
structure is visible from 1st Avenue if you happen to be
stuck at a traffic light, waiting to turn onto Highway 1. Since we
almost always seem to hit this light on our way to North Van from
Richmond, we have had plenty of opportunity to notice the playground
and finally today we had our opportunity to go and play on it! It
was a bit of a grey day, the kind of day that suggests that summer
might not last forever. A couple of kids were playing there while
their uncle sat on the wobbly bridge with his face so far forward
over his device and his cap so far forward over his face that I never
did really see him. I may complain about helicopter parents
sometimes, but this uncle had clearly never heard of the term!
Charlotte had fun playing with five-year-old Jeremy and nine-year-old
Angel. Angel seemed to take to me too – I had the feeling that
she might not have a lot of adults in her life who cared about what
she had to say and she seemed very happy to be able to have a
conversation with me and to be listened to. We ended up staying much
longer than I had intended given that we still had groceries to buy
for the upcoming week! The playground is located at N 49.16.096 W
123.01.735 and is point no. 65 on the map at the bottom of home page.
This playground is easily visible from
Lougheed Highway as it passes through Pitt Meadows, so I had it up my
sleeve if we were ever out this way and needed a playground. It has
a spray park and even an outdoor pool, so it was packed on this hot
summer day. It wasn’t very Theo-friendly for this reason and poor
Theo had to hang out under a tree and keep a low profile while
Charlotte played. We had a delicious picnic lunch and then Charlotte headed off to play. She met a couple of older girls who were really nice to her,
engaging with her and playing tag with her. She gleefully chased
them back and forth across the wobbly bridge while they played along with her until they had to go. It was really sweet and made a change from our usual solitary playground adventures!
Charlotte checked out the spray park, but this really isn’t her thing yet
– maybe next year she will be into it more. There is a geocache
nearby called “Pitt Meadows Info Centre”; I had found it quite some time before, but I didn't have the coordinates on hand to find it with Charlotte. The playground is point no. 64 on the map at the bottom of home
page.
Today, we discovered a great little park with a wading pool that would have been perfect for this hot afternoon. I started getting us out of the car, but realized that Charlotte's swim diaper, which is usually under the stroller, had been left at home. Poor Charlotte was so disappointed, but I promised her a different playground instead. It took her a while to get over her disappointment, but when we finally found the playground at Maywood Community School, she was finally over it for good. There were lots of things to explore here; she even did a little rock climbing, though it was a little bit much for her for now. A couple of other kids came by after a while, but they were with their dad and he kept them pretty occupied. Charlotte was a little disappointed, but what else is new? I'm so tired of these parents who don't allow their kids to just play and to learn social skills on the playground. I can't understand how they fail to see how abnormal it is. Charlotte still managed to have a good time, though it wasn't my favourite playground; there was a fair amount of garbage around and it just had a bit of a dodgy vibe altogether. I didn't have a working GPS at the time we visited, so don't have the co-ordinates for the playground, but it's no. 63 on the map at the bottom of home page.
With another blazing hot day ahead of us, we hit today's playground early. We picked this small neighbourhood park in Burnaby because it had a cache in it. We were in the shade at first, so Charlotte played happily; the little picnic table inside the smaller climbing frame was a nice touch. Theo had a good time here too as he was able to climb part of the way up the big climbing frame, returning Charlotte's hat to her when she dropped it overboard! We went to look for the cache afterwards, "Meadowood Park". It was a little bit off-trail and so we left the stroller behind and started looking. It was just the right amount of off-roading and climbing over things for a two-year-old explorer! We found the cache without too much difficulty, then played some more before the heat sent us back into our air-conditioned car. The playground is located at N 49.15.812 W 122.56.004 as is point no. 62 on the map at the bottom of home page.